"The longest sediment cores previously drilled under an ice sheet are less than ten metres. We exceeded our target of 200 ...

We report the results from two experiments at these locations. In the first experiment—hereafter, the ‘short-term’ experiment—we reciprocally transplanted sediment cores in cages from the freshwater ...

An Antarctic sediment sample dating back millions of years shows a major ice sheet partially or totally collapsed during a previous warm period. Climate change correspondent Kate Newton reports.

Marine scientist Matthew Costa is used to digging into research—literally. Over the course of his PhD program at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Costa frequently muddied his hands ...

Similar problems have appeared elsewhere. Researchers discover invisible hazard lurking in crucial US waterway: 'An example' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Ten consecutive stream sediment samples over an approximately 900 meters long section of a stream returned anomalous cobalt ...

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Margit Simon works for Uni Research Climate/Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Norway& Cardiff University, UK. She received funding from European Commission 7th Framework Marie Curie People ...